It has been a major story this season surrounding
the 2013 3rd overall draft pick for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jonathan Drouin's
season has been surrounded by controversy and doubt, after struggling to crack
the lineup early in the season it was clear Drouin was unhappy. After being
limited to just 19 games because of injury and only five games in November. So
in his second season Drouin was sent down to the Lightning's AHL affiliate the
Syracuse Crunch to get more playing time. GM Steve Yzerman stated at the time "he's been dealing with a minor
nagging injury that is finally healed. With everyone coming back at the same
time, it's a good opportunity to get a young player a lot of ice time, get his
game right back on top and bring him back at the appropriate time". With
that there was no clear date set for Drouin to rejoin the Lightning.
